House-moving truck



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HOUSE MOVING TRUCK.

No. 411.024. Patented Sept. 17, 1889.

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HOUSE MOVING TRUCK.

No. 411,024. Patented Sept. 17, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GARY, OF VVIOI-IITA, KANSAS.

HOUSE-MOVING TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 411,024, dated September 17, 1889.

Application filed January 21, 1889. Serial No. 296,989. (No model.) I

of the United States of America, residing at against said shoulder-lugs by strain to prop- 5 Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State erly guide the truck or to turn them in their 5 of Kansas, haveinvented certainnewand usecourse of travel, which is commonly called ful Improvements in House-Moving Trucks, cutting the rolls, and thus by the use of of which the following is a specification, refsaid shoulder-lugs and lever an operator may, erence being had therein to the accompanying at will, while the rolls are in motion cut them 60 buildings in different directions.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE GARY, a citizen drawings and the letters and figures of reference thereon, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a truck having thereon a portion of aportable sill locked at its forward part by means of a removable bolster and wedge-blocks. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional View of a truck on a line central with a roll and its axle-bearing, showing a side view'of the shaft forming the axle and of a bolster mounted at one end of the truckframe. Fig. 3 is across-sectional view of one of the truck-rolls. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the removable bolster of the truck. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are each plan views of a set of four trucks placed under their portable sills upon which a building rests while being moved, showing the manner in which they may be arranged and operated in moving Fig. 9 is a perspective View of a truck constructed with a wooden frame, and Fig. 10 is a similar view of a truck constructed with an iron frame.

Referring to the drawings, and especially.

to Fig. 10, the truck-frame consists of the bars C and Z, shaped as shown, with the intermediate brace-bars Z and central tie-rods, n, which form the side parts and are connected at the ends by cross-bars C, at their lower central part by cross-bar W, and at their upper central part by cross-plate D, having the pivotrplate D centrally located and centrally braced by the brace-bars t, as shown.

At the lower part of the frame-bars Z are arranged axle-bearings d, (see Figs. 2 and 10,) in which the roll-axles have bearing and are held by means of clips V, as shown.

Upon the-frame-bars C, a short distance at either side from plate D, are secured a set of four shoulder-lugs a, and secured to each corner of the frame facing lugs a are a similar set of four shoulder-lugs 0., thus forming a set of four shoulder-lugs at either end of the truck, between which a lever such as shown at L in Fig. 5 and by dotted lines on truck 3 in Fig. 7 may be placed and brought to bear or turn and guide them to suit his pleasure.

If desired, the truck-frame may be made of wood, as shown in Fig. 9, with wood side and end pieces substituting the bars of the sides and ends of the iron frame, strengthened by tie-rods g, g, and 9 as shown, and bound at its ends by suitable bands, and having its cross-plate D also of wood, with the same pivot-plate D. The shoulder-lugs a are secured to the wood frame in the same manner as to the iron frame, and render the same service in conjunction with the raised shoul ders a, (see Fig. 9,) which substitute lugs a of the iron frame.

The rolls R are cylindrical in form and are made of plate metal bent into form and firmly secured at their joint by means of a unionplate R (see Figs. 2 and 8,) riveted through the shell along either side of the joint.

' Cast heads R having a broad rim-bearing, are by means of rivets secured in either end of the rolls, and have hubs R arranged eX- tending from beyond the ends of the rolls, which engage the axle-bearings, and thus prevent the rim of the rolls from engaging the truck-frame, which gives ease to the movement of the truck.

The shaft-s F, which form the axles of the truck, are arranged extending entirely through the rolls, secured in hubs R, and extending beyond said hubs at either end of the rolls, and form journals upon which the truckframe rests and bear the weight of a moving building.

When it is desired to move a building, itis either undermined or raised,as the case may be, and false or portable sills S are placed under it in a manner suitable and best adapted to support it without injury. Four trucks are then placed under the sills S near the building corners, as shown at 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Fig.

6, where the dotted lines represent the plan cal lugs of which hold the sills pivotally fixed upon the trucks. \V hen the sills and trucks have thus been arranged, the building is lowered to entirely rest upon said sills, and is then ready to move with the trucks.

In moving a building a stretcher-line G (see Figs. 6, '7, and 8) is secured to about the central part of sills S, the center of which is brought to the advancing end of the build ing, and is at that place passed about the sheave of a traveling block P, which acts as an equalizer upon line G in drawing the building.

E represents an ordinary capstan used for moving buildings, (to, and hasa line J secured at one end to and adapted to wind on the capstan-drum, while its opposite end is passed about the sheave of a block 0, which block is coupled with block I, and is then brought to the capstan and secured thereto, as shown, and by means of doubling line J about block leverage is gained, making it easy in moving a building compared with a single line.

\Vhen it is desired to move a building straight forward, the capstan set in advance of the building directly in its proposed path, when the draft on line G will be central, as shown'in Fig. 6. (See arrow.)

\Vhen itis desired to move a building on a curve, the capstan is set in advance of the building in the proposed curved path and the forward trucks 3 and l are turned to bear in said proposed path, when the drai t on line G will be to one side and inside the curve of the proposed path, as shown in Fig. 7, wherein the arrows represent the proposed curved path, and in such instance the rear trucks 1 and 2 are set to travel parallel with the sills S, while the forward trucks are properly guided and turned by means of a lever brought to bear against their shouldered lugs in the manner heretofore described.

\Vhen it is desired to make a broadside move of the building sidewise with the sills, each of: the trucks 1, 2, I and t is .set to travel at right angles with the length of the sills S, the line G is secured to the opposite sill, and the capstan E set in advance in the proposed path of the building, as shown in Fig. 8, and when it is desired to turn abuilding at right angle or less angle the capstan is set in advance in the direction the building is to be faced about, (see Fig. 5,) and a line K. is secured. to connect block 0 with the outer opposite sill at the moving corner, and truck 1. is blocked to be stationary and form a pivot at which the building turns, and from which center the paths of the trucks 2, 3, and l radiatc,(see dotted curved lines,) and when such turn is made truck 2 is set to travel parallel with its sill, truck 3 is set to travel at right angles with its sill, and truck 4 is set to travel at about an angle of forty-five degrees to its sill,as shown in Fig. 5, and the trucks are each properly guided and turned by means of lever L, in the manner described.

When it is desired to move a building any great distance in one direction, bolsters B are used, one being placed with its downwardlyextending arms B" between the frame sides (see Figs. 1 and 2) at one end, preferably at the forward end of each rear truck, (see Fig. 6,) and with an upwardly-eXtending arm B arranged at either side of sill S. (See Fig. 1.) Blocks B of wedge form, are then driven between said arms B and the sill at either side, as shown in Fig. 1, which form a lock and hold the said rear trucks steady, causing them to travel exactly parallel with their sills, and prevents them from being turned from their proper course by any object or roughness of the road. I

The particular improvements in this truck consist in the use of a double roll, one roll in advance of its fellow, having extending hubs bearin g against the journail-bearings, prc' venting the rolle1.'-rim from engagement with the frame, and of the cylindrical roll with cast heads giving strength and lightness, and a shaft extending across from hub to hub and beyond the hubs, forming the journals, and in the arrangement of the raised pivot center plate, upon which only the building rests, in conjunction with the shoulder-lugs, which form bearings against which a lever may be brought to bear to cut or turn the trucks in their course of travel. It will be observed, also, that by means of the pivotal. bearings upon which the building rests onv the trucks, should one roll of a truck run upon a higher bearin g than its fellow roll, the building will. be raised at that place only one-half as much as the difference between the level. of the two rolls, thus giving less draft than should the building rise equal with the higher roll; also, that the bearing of the building upon the trucks and the bearing of the trucks upon the ground are the same in all positions of the trucks under their sills.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and. useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A truck for moving buildings, consisting of the combination of a frame, as set forth, of the cylindrical rolls R, having the east heads extension-hubs R, and axle F, upon which said. frame is mounted, of the central crossplate 1), having secured thereto the pivotal plate 1), and of the shoulder-lugs (I, and a, secured. to said frame at either end thereof, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In the house-moving truck dcscribed,in combination with the frame thereof bearing a central pivotal support and mounted on two rolls, one of which in. advance of its follow, the shoulder-lugs a and 0, arranged in sets at either. end of the truek-frame, whereby a truck may be turned and guided by means of a lever, in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In the truck described, the metal frame thereof, consisting of the combination of the side bars 0 and Z, cross-bars C and \V,crossplate I), having the central. pivotsplate I) and the brace-bars Z and t, and tie-rods 01, arranged as set forth, and the shoulder-lugs a and a, secured to the upper bars thereof, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In the house-moving truck described, in combination with the frame thereof bearing a central pivotal support and a portable sill S, mounted upon said support, the bolster B, having the arms B B and adapted to be seated on the truck-frame and hold the truck parallel with said sill by means of wedgeblocks or their equivalent, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In combination with the house-moving truck described, the bolster B, having the opposite extendingarms B and B" and adapted to be seated upon the truck-frame and hold the truck in a fixed position with relation to its portable sill by means of Wedge-blocks, in the manner substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In the compound truck described for moving buildings, the combination, With the two rear individual trucks, of the portable sills S, the bolsters B and wedge-blocks B for holding said trucks in a fixed position with relation to said sills, and the means set forth for guiding and turning the individual forward trucks, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. In the compound truck described, the individual trucks thereof, each consisting of a double roll bearing one roll in advance of its fellow, a carriage -frame having a central pivotal support, and a set of shoulder-lugs a and a at either end thereof adapted to be engaged by a lever to turn and guide each truck individually, in combination with the portable sills S and means of transportation, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE GARY.

Witnesses:

WM. M. PRESTON, WM. J. HU'ICHINS. 

